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Moonshine Still Busted as Mercer County Trio Arrested
A large 300 gallon moonshine still was destroyed after Sheriff Homer Ball and deputies surprised Henry Moore 59 Roger Moore 24 and Lynn Bowling 25 at a Wolfe County hideout. The men were jailed on moonshine and weapons charges with bond set at 2000 each and a Friday trial date scheduled.
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Charles Rondinelli
Homer Ball
Jim Belcher
Mercer County
Sheriff Ball
Bob Turner
Princeton
Justice of the Peace
Belcher
Henry Simmons
Archie Hill
Beoe Coopers
Ball
Simmons
Turner
Hill
Homer
Henry Moore
Moore
Coopers and
Pocahontas